There are many old landmarks in Sherman that are reminders
of her early days, and suggest to the old inhabitants of the town its early
struggles, and also its tendency to favor educational institutions from
its very beginning as a town. Probably none of these are regarded
with more affection than the school conducted by Capt. J.H. LeTellier,
who came to this town thirty-four years ago, and has been indentified with
its educational interests ever since the day of his arrival. This
being the first school founded in Sherman.In 1871 Captain LeTellier landed in Sherman, coming
here from Kaufman, where he first landed when he came to the state, and
within one week from the time of his arrival he began teaching in an old
school building that occupied the ground where the T & P freight depot
now stands.

Note:In the Landrum-Smith "An Illustrated History of Grayson
County" (pg. 99-100), Miss Vida Young is listed as a teacher at the Odd
Fellows Male and Female High School. She was a sister to Mrs. LeTellier
according to Mrs. H.H. Flemming, member of the Grayson County Historical
Survey Committee, who was one of Miss Young's pupils. The name was
actually "Younge" and is spelled so on markers in West Hill Cemetery.